AACC Webinar Archive: Making Progress on Essential Standards and Assessment Reforms
Event Archive
On April 21, 2009, AACC Director Stanley Rabinowitz participated in a
WestEd-sponsored webinar, "Making Progress on Essential Standards and
Assessment Reforms." An archive version of the webinar and an audio file may
be accessed at http://www.schoolsmovingup.net/webinars/arrastandards.
In the webinar, Dr. Rabinowotz described innovative state-level strategies
to define, develop, and benchmark (nationally and internationally) rigorous
college/career-ready core standards. He also discussed implications of such
standards for high-quality assessment systems that are aligned and balanced,
highlighting:
1) evidence-based principles and best practices for rigor and quality with
special attention to subgroups of students at risk for academic failure,
2) methods to ensure proper articulation, PK-13, within and across content
areas,
3) approaches to identify and integrate content knowledge and essential
skills,
4) examples from states that are adhering to best practices, and
5) how state policies and strategies based on best practices will play out
whether the state is working alone, part of a regional consortium, or linking to a national core.
More than 130 state, regional and school district representatives participated in the webinar.
